List of the best Jessica Tandy movies: Fried Green Tomatoes(1991), Nobody's Fool(1994), Driving Miss Daisy(1989), *batteries not Included(1987), To Dance With the White Dog(1993), The Desert Fox(1951), Used People(1992), Still of the Night(1982), The Birds(1963), September Affair(1950), The World According to Garp(1982), Cocoon: The Return(1988) ... ...
Drama
USA
1991
130 Minutes
Kathy Bates Jessica Tandy Mary Stuart Masterson Mary-Louise Parker Nick Searcy Gailard Sartain Stan Shaw Cicely Tyson Gary Basaraba Timothy Scott
housewife elderly person husband career woman friend uplifting endearing nursing home household café birmingham, ala. small town female bonding nonconformity racism friendship spousal abuse food discovery transformation
A housewife who is unhappy with her life befriends an old lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know.
Drama
USA
1994
110 Minutes
Paul Newman Jessica Tandy Melanie Griffith Bruce Willis Dylan Walsh Pruitt Taylor Vince Gene Saks Josef Sommer Philip Seymour Hoffman Philip Bosco Margo Martindale
construction worker lawyer barmaid professor landlady charming emotional heartwarming small town bar redemption father/son relationship scam retirement rivalry underdog transformation growing up 1990s
A stubborn man past his prime reflects on his life of strict independence and seeks more from himself.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1989
99 Minutes
Daisy Werthan
Morgan Freeman Jessica Tandy Dan Aykroyd Patti LuPone Esther Rolle Crystal Fox Joann Havrilla William Hall Jr.
elderly person driver widow son jewish woman daughter-in-law charming endearing heartwarming touching amusing car household georgia american south party rally friendship racism aging
An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1987
106 Minutes
Hume Cronyn Jessica Tandy Frank McRae Elizabeth Peña Michael Carmine Dennis Boutsikaris Tom Aldredge Jane Hoffman
thug artist handyman landlord pregnant woman man outlandish heartwarming offbeat new york city apartment building aliens eviction fire unusual friendship discovery transformation 1980s
Aliens help a feisty old New York couple in their battle against the ruthless land developer who's out to evict them.
Drama
1993
97 Minutes
Hume Cronyn Jessica Tandy Christine Baranski Terry Beaver Harley Cross Esther Rolle Frank Whaley Amy Wright
farmer wife dog best friend daughter grandson uplifting melodramatic mushy georgia family home kitchen farm grove grief spirituality pets family reunion reincarnation
A man (Hume Cronyn) who loses his wife (Jessica Tandy) after more than 50 years of marriage finds companionship in a stray dog that only he can see.
War, Drama
USA
1951
88 Minutes
Frau Lucie Marie Rommel
James Mason Cedric Hardwicke Jessica Tandy Luther Adler Everett Sloane Leo G. Carroll George Macready Richard Boone Eduard Franz
general doctor wife adolf hitler gritty rousing north africa military base germany field marshal erwin rommel conspiracy honor world war ii assassination fall quest sacrifice revenge 1940s
The story of the final years of the respected World War II German general, Erwin Rommel.
Drama
USA|Japan
1992
115 Minutes
Freida
Shirley MacLaine Kathy Bates Jessica Tandy Marcello Mastroianni Marcia Gay Harden Sylvia Sidney Joe Pantoliano Mathew Branton Bob Dishy Charles Cioffi Louis Guss
At her husband's funeral, Pearl (Shirley MacLaine), Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend (Marcello Mastroianni) of her husband, whose advice... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1982
91 Minutes
Grace Rice
Roy Scheider Meryl Streep Jessica Tandy Joe Grifasi Sara Botsford Josef Sommer Rikke Borge Irving Metzman Larry Joshua Tom Norton Raymond Hoxie
psychiatrist curator mistress ex-girlfriend police detective mother chilling suspenseful psychiatrist's office new york city long island, n.y. estate auction house paranoia psychiatry dreams murder case art world forbidden love mystery
A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1963
119 Minutes
Lydia Brenner
Rod Taylor Tippi Hedren Suzanne Pleshette Jessica Tandy Veronica Cartwright Ethel Griffies Charles McGraw Joe Mantell Elizabeth Wilson Doodles Weaver Richard Deacon
socialite love interest victim bird scientist teacher chilling frightening suspenseful san francisco shop street family home vehicle school killer animals birds death regret darkness
A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.
Romance
USA
1950
107 Minutes
Catherine Lawrence
Joan Fontaine Joseph Cotten Francoise Rosay Jessica Tandy Bob Arthur Jimmy Lydon
An industrialist and a pianist who fall in love in postwar Italy are pronounced dead when they miss their flight home, but the former's wife does not give him up.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1982
136 Minutes
Mrs. Fields
Robin Williams Glenn Close Mary Beth Hurt John Lithgow Hume Cronyn Jessica Tandy Swoosie Kurtz James McCall Peter Michael Goetz George Ede Mark Soper
nurse author wife transsexual child quirky amusing sad school household writing feminism gender bias sex growing up 1970s
A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.
Fantasy
USA
1988
116 Minutes
Alma Finley
Don Ameche Wilford Brimley Hume Cronyn Jack Gilford Steve Guttenberg Maureen Stapleton Jessica Tandy Gwen Verdon Elaine Stritch Courteney Cox Tahnee Welch
husband wife pregnant woman alien scientist hotel manager charming emotional passionate florida spaceship beach old age terminal illness family job immortality second chance sacrifice love
The old age pensioners that left at the end of the first film come back to Earth to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to stay back on Earth?
Fantasy
USA
1985
117 Minutes
Alma Finley
Don Ameche Wilford Brimley Brian Dennehy Hume Cronyn Jack Gilford Steve Guttenberg Maureen Stapleton Jessica Tandy Gwen Verdon Herta Ware Tahnee Welch
elderly person alien husband wife friend uplifting tender retirement home florida aging death love metamorphosis 1980s
When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
Drama
1962
145 Minutes
Richard Beymer Paul Newman Diane Baker Corinne Calvet Fred Clark Dan Dailey James Dunn Juano Hernandez Arthur Kennedy Ricardo Montalban Susan Strasberg
Hemingway's Nick Adams (Richard Beymer) hits the road, meets a boxer (Paul Newman) and drives an ambulance in World War I France.